DiscussionS 4

1

"Software Dependability and Security" Please respond to the following:

• Describe at least two unique instances where system security has been compromised in the corporate sector. As part of your response, explain how effective software engineering practice could have mitigated these failures. 
  
  
• Specify security functional and nonfunctional requirements that you would define to mitigate the security threats in your selected scenarios

2

"Software Reliability and Risk" Please respond to the following:

• Describe how the reliability metrics of a system that monitors patients in a hospital intensive care unit and an automated vending machine control system might differ in terms of dependability, availability, reliability, safety, and security.
  
  
• Provide an example of how you would test the reliability of each software system class using your reliability metrics.